Death toll from Thailand floods rises past 500

November 6, 2011

(AP) BANGKOK — The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in half a century climbed past 500 Sunday, as advancing pools of polluted black water threatened Bangkok's subway system and new evacuations were ordered in the sprawling capital.

The latest district added to the government's evacuation list was Chatuchak, home to major public park and an outdoor shopping zone that is a major tourist attraction. The Chatuchak Weekend Market was open but missing many vendors and customers Sunday as floodwaters poured past the market's eastern edge for a second day.

So far, Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ordered evacuations in 11 of Bangkok's 50 districts, and partial evacuations apply in seven more.

Flood death toll in Thailand reported at 356

BANGKOK, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Sunday reported that 356 people were killed in flood-related incidents while two missing.

Flooding still continues in 28 provinces in northern, northeastern, central and easten regions where some 2.4 million people are still suffering, according to the department reported on Sunday.

The country's most severe floods in over 50 years have affected at least 9.4 million people in 62 provinces, or four-fifths of the country, since July 25. Hundreds of highways and roads have been inundated while 18 north-bound trian routes suspended.

Thailand is among other Southeast Asian countries -- Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam -- which have been battered by heavy monsoon floods and tropical storms. According to estimation by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued recently, more than 700 people in the region were killed.

One Thai soldier killed as border clash persists

May 03, 2011
Xinhua

One Thai soldier was killed and three others injured in overnight clash with Cambodian troops near Ta Kwai temple on disputed border between Thailand's northeastern Surin province and Cambodia.

According to Army Region 2, the cross-border clash began at 8 p. m. Monday night after mortars were fired at a Thai military base, triggering proportionate retaliation from Thai side. Small arms, mortars and hand grenades were used by both sides in the conflict but no heavy weapons were used.

Sporadic gunfire exchanges continued till 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The deadly border conflict since April 22 has brought the death toll to 18 including nine Cambodian soldiers, eight Thai soldiers and one Thai civilian.

18 dead in Thai-Cambodia border fighting

Cambodian soldiers stand guard near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province. (AFP)

Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Australia Network News

A Thai soldier has been killed in fresh border fighting with Cambodian troops.

The death toll from the worst border clashes between the two countries in decades now stands at 18.

A Thai army spokesman in the northeast border region has told the AFP newsagency three other soldiers were injured in the skirmishes that involved assault rifles and mortars.

Cambodia says one of its soldiers was also injured.

Another Thai soldier killed in latest border clash

SURIN, May 3 (MCOT online news) - Fighting erupted Monday night on the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand's northeastern Surin province killing another Thai soldier and wounding three others, according to 2nd Army Region Spokesman Col Prawit Hukaew.

Col Prawit said the fighting started at around 9pm as Cambodian soldiers using M-16 and AK-47 rifles, mortars and hand grenades to attack Thailand. The sound of gunfire died down at about 11pm.

The slain soldier was identified as Pte Tawatchai Boonmung. The latest death brought the death toll among Thai soldiers to eight since the border clashes began last month.

Villagers in the area fled their homes to temporary bunkers, while some returned to the evacuation centres arranged by the Surin provincial authorities

Thai-Cambodia border death toll hits 18

Tuesday, May 03, 2011
AFP

BANGKOK — A Thai soldier was killed in fresh fighting with Cambodian troops, the army said Tuesday, raising the death toll from the worst border clashes in decades to 18, despite some signs of easing tensions.

Three other Thai troops were wounded in the skirmishes late on Monday and early Tuesday, said Colonel Sukit Subanjui, a Thai army spokesman in the northeast border region.

"Both rounds of fighting involved assault rifles and mortars," he said.

Cambodia said one of its soldiers was wounded.

10 Thai troops injured in Surin after 'light weapons' clashes on border

May 1, 2011
The Nation on Sunday
Surin

Flare-up triggered by delay in informing units of ceasefire

Ten more Thai soldiers were injured in the Thai-Cambodian border clashes in Surin's Phanom Dongrak district on Friday night until yesterday morning, bringing the cumulative Thai casualties to seven deaths and 95 injuries in the nine days of clashes.

Among the four injured soldiers from Friday night's clash, First-Lieutenant Kosit Songsaengkajorn suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his neck and back and was transferred to Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok, while others were airlifted to the Surin Centre Hospital and Weerawat Yothin Army Camp Hospital the same night. Six other soldiers were injured on Saturday morning.

The border clash reoccurred despite the fact that a ceasefire was agreed by Thai and Cambodian field commanders.

Second Army spokesman Prawit Hookaew said that the Cambodian side explained that it was because "some units weren't yet informed [of the ceasefire]" and "there were some rogue soldiers".

One [Thai] soldier killed, 4 injured overnight

29/04/2011
Bangkok Post

One soldier was killed and four others wounded in fresh clashes along border in Surin on Thursday night, Army Region 2 commander Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakorn said on Friday morning.

Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the fighting started with an exchange of machinegun fire about 9pm and continued until about 5am Friday.

Surin governor Serm Chainarong said on Friday morning that the two sides exchanged fire using small arms at Ta Meun Tom and Ta Kwai temples about 11pm on Thursday and stopped about 5am on Friday.

More than 41,000 local people in risk districts of Phanom Dong Rak, Kap Choeng and Sangka have been relocated to 34 evacuation centres in Surin province, he added.

Cambodia denies breaking ceasefire with Thailand

April 29, 2011
DPA

Phnom Penh/Bangkok - Cambodia on Friday denied having anything to do with the death of a Thai soldier allegedly killed on the border overnight, hours after a ceasefire agreement.

General Prayuth Chan-ocha, chief of the Thai army, said earlier that Cambodia renewed their shelling of Thai positions after Thursday's agreement, killing one soldier.

A spokesman for the Cambodian government denied the accusation, saying that the Thai forces broke the ceasefire.

'Yesterday night, we did not fire a single shot back to Thailand,' Phay Siphan said Friday. He said he felt Thailand had agreed to the truce only to 'prepare another offensive.'

Thai-Cambodia clashes resume despite truce

29 April 2011
BBC News

One Thai soldier has died in a fresh border clash between Thailand and Cambodia, Thai officials say, despite a truce struck hours before.

Thai military spokesmen said four Thai soldiers were also wounded in the skirmishes.

Fighting began a week ago and has been mainly around two ancient temples in jungle areas claimed by both countries.

The clashes have displaced tens of thousands of people, and at least 15 troops have been killed.

Thailand says that one Thai civilian has also died.

Thai soldier killed in border clash despite ceasefire

Apr 29, 2011
DPA

Bangkok/Phnom Penh - The Thai military said Friday one of its soldiers was killed overnight on the Cambodian border, testing a tentative day-old ceasefire agreement with Cambodia after a week of border skirmishes.

The area remained too dangerous for civilians to return, said General Prayuth Chan-ocha, chief of the Thai army. Thailand claims Cambodia started the renewed shelling after Thursday's agreement.

Cambodia said Friday that Thailand had broken the deal by firing mortar shells overnight. 'It is a provocative act, but we restrain ourselves and we don't return fire,' government spokesman Phay Siphan said, adding that Cambodia was respecting the ceasefire.

The fighting, which broke out on April 22 around disputed temples on the border between the neighbouring countries, has resulted in the deaths of seven Thai and eight Cambodian soldiers, as well as one Thai civilian dead, and more than 60 people wounded on both sides.

Thai soldier is killed as Cambodia ceasefire is breached

04/29/2011
REUTERS

BANGKOK - One Thai soldier died and four were wounded in further clashes overnight on a disputed stretch of border between Thailand and Cambodia, a Thai military spokesman said on Friday, as a ceasefire agreed the previous day failed to hold.

At least 16 people have died in the fighting over the past week, centered on ancient temples at two points on the border.

Thai regional army commander Thawatchat Samutsakorn told Reuters four Thai soldiers were also wounded during two clashes involving guns and grenades, which he said had been started by the Cambodian side.

Soldier and civilian killed in fresh fighting

April 29, 2011
The Nation

One Thai soldier and one civilian were killed and 11 troops wounded in a new round of border fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces throughout Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, three Thai villagers based in Surin's Phanom Dong Rak district have been arrested for allegedly providing target coordinates for Cambodia's rocket attacks as well as food and supplies to Cambodian soldiers.

Sanat Phimkao, a former village head, has been released due to insufficient evidence but as of last night, Khamphan Wongsa and Sermsuk Phochaile were still being detained by police for further questioning.

The arrests came after the military received information allegedly indicating they had shopped for supplies and food and delivered them to Cambodian soldiers.

The military was also suspicious because rockets from BM21 multiple launchers were landing frequently in Nong Khan Na village. Police found in their mobile phones a large number of numbers with area codes in Cambodia.

Thai-Cambodia artillery duels continue for 7th day as death toll rises to 15

Thursday, April 28, 2011
By Thanyarat Doksone
The Associated Press

PHANOM DONGRAK, Thailand — Artillery fire boomed across the Thai-Cambodian frontier for a seventh day Thursday as fierce border clashes erupted again between the two neighbours and the death toll rose to 15.

Loud explosions could be heard since dawn in Phanom Dongrak, a village about 12 miles (20 kilometres) from the border, an Associated Press reporter said.

In Cambodia, field commander Col. Suos Sothea said the fighting was centring again around the ruins of two crumbling stone temples from the Khmer Empire at Ta Moan and Ta Krabey, which have been caught in crossfire since last Friday.

The body of a Thai soldier who died in a rocket-propelled grenade attack was loaded into a helicopter at a hospital in Phanom Dongrak, which was busy with wounded Thai soldiers arriving from the front.

Thai-Cambodia clash toll climbs to 15

Thu, Apr 28, 2011
AFP

BANGKOK - Heavy weapons fire rocked the Thai-Cambodian border for a seventh day on Thursday as officials confirmed a 15th death in the bloodiest fighting between the neighbours in decades.

"One Thai soldier died during a clash this morning and four were wounded," Major Sukit Subanjui, deputy spokesman for northeastern region Thai army, told AFP.

Eight Cambodian and six Thai troops have died since fighting began on Friday along their shared border, prompting growing diplomatic pressure on the neighbours to end the conflict.

Bangkok has said a Thai civilian has also been killed.

Border photo on Thailand side

A patient injured during the clashes is transferred to a safer hospital in Surin Province, Thailand, April 26, 2011. The gunfire exchange between Cambodian and Thai troops over the disputed border area at the 13th century Ta Moan temple and Ta Krabei temple in Oddar Meanchey province still continues as of 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, said Pich Sokhin, the governor of Oddar Meanchey province. (Xinhua/Lin Ning)

Thai-Cambodia clashes continue for 6th day as civilian death raises toll to 14

Thai soldiers on armored personnel carriers take a position at the border during fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in Surin province, northeastern Thailand Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The worst fighting in years between Thailand and Cambodia spread Tuesday to a third stone-walled temple, as the neighbors exchanged artillery fire in border clashes that have killed 13 soldiers and displaced 50,000 villagers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

April 27, 2011
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SURIN, Thailand — Officials say Thailand and Cambodia have traded fire for a sixth day as an increasingly bloody border dispute drags on.

Thai army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd says one Thai civilian was killed Tuesday by Cambodian rocket fire, bringing the total dead in the wave of clashes that began Friday to 14.

Military officials from both nations say Wednesday's fighting centered around two crumbling stone temples from the Khmer Empire at Ta Moan and Ta Krabey which have been caught in crossfire since the weekend.

Strayed [Thai?] artillery shells damage two houses in Buri Ram

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Nation

Buri Ram - Two houses in a border village in Buri Ram were damaged when strayed artillery shells from the border clash in the adjacent Surin landed on the village.

Nat Chartwattanasiri, chief of Ban Kruad district, said the strayed shell hit Ban Khokkrachai village in Tambon Saitaku at 4 pm.

Nat said seven shells landed on the main road of the village and their shrapnel damaged the two houses.

3 Thai troops, 3 villagers injured in latest Surin border clash

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Nation

Surin - Three Thai troops and three villagers were injured when Thai and Cambodians exchanged fire Tuesday afternoon.

A military source said the troops and civilians were injured after Cambodian troops opened fire at Thai side at 4 pm, using rockets.

One Cambodian soldier killed, one injured in 4th day of clashes with Thailand

April 26, 2011
Xinhua

One Cambodian soldier was killed and one police was injured in the fourth day of armed clashes on Monday with the Thai troops over the disputed border area in Oddar Meanchey province, said the statement from Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday.

With this reported casualty, it brings the total number of Cambodian soldiers to be killed to 7 and injured to 17.

While, on the Thai side, 5 soldiers were killed and other 17 were injured, according to the report from Bangkok.

Cambodian and Thai troops had exchanged gunfire for four days since April 22 at the 13th century Ta Moan temple and Ta Krabei temple in Oddar Meanchey province.